Book of the Day LOOK FOR ME By Lisa Gardner Dutton$27.00ISBN 978-1524742058Publication Date: February 6, 2018 LOOK FOR ME Review by Holly Chaille In Gardner’s latest book in the Sergeant D.D. Warren series, readers return to the Boston streets as Warren again teams with Flora Dane, a former victim of a violent crime…

Book of the Day THE DEVIL HAS A BLACK DOG By Jonathan W. Thurston Publication Date: March 2018 THE DEVIL HAS A BLACK DOG Review by Liz Gatterer From the very first page, I felt sure that this was going to be an intriguing read. There are several letters that have been stylized with…

Book of the Day BENEATH THE SURFACE By Lynn H. Blackburn Revell $15.99ISBN 978-0800729387Publication Date: March 6, 2018 BENEATH THE SURFACE Review by Lois Schmitt Beneath the Surface is the first book a new series by award-winning author Lynn H. Blackburn. It features homicide investigator Ryan Parker and Leigh Weston, a nurse in the…

Book of the Day NIGHT MOVES By Jonathan Kellerman Ballantine Books$28.99ISBN 978-0345541468Publication Date: February 13, 2018 NIGHT MOVES Review by Danny Lindsey Jonathan Kellerman has written more than 30 Alex Delaware thrillers. Night Moves, the latest in the series, (Random House, 2018) is vintage Delaware. With characters so familiar to readers that each has…

Book of the Day THE BAD DAUGHTER By Joy Fielding Ballantine Books$27.00ISBN 978-0399181535Publication Date: February 27, 2018 THE BAD DAUGHTER Review by Sharon Marchisello Joy Fielding’s new psychological suspense novel, The Bad Daughter, explores complex familial relationships and chilling secrets. Robin Davis, the heroine, works as a therapist but suffers from panic attacks, a…

Book of the Day FORCE OF NATURE By Jane Harper Flat Iron Books$25.99ISBN 978-1250105639Publication Date: February 6, 2017 Buy it here! FORCE OF NATURE Review by We spend 8 hours a day with our co-workers. In some cases, that’s more time than we spend with our families, at least while we are awake. We…

Book of the Day BROKEN GROUND By Joe Clifford Oceanview Publishing$26.95ISBN 978-1608092437Publication Date: June 5, 2018 BROKEN GROUND Review by Danny Lindsey Jay Porter doesn’t want to be an investigator. If he did, he’d get a license. But clients keep finding him. In Broken Ground (Oceanview Publishing, 2018), the latest in Joe…

Book of the Day THIS IS HOW IT ENDS By Eva Dolan Bloomsbury$27.00ISBN 978-1635570526Publication Date: March 13, 2018 THIS IS HOW IT ENDS Review by Grace Miller Eva Dolan’s This Is How It Ends (Bloomsbury) submerges its readers not only in the dark world of murder but also the dark side of gentrification. Though…

Book of the Day THE INNOCENTS By David Putnam Oceanview Publishing$26.95ISBN 978-1608092574Publication Date: February 6, 2018 THE INNOCENTS Review by Britany Menken Bruno Johnson, high priority deputy and ladies’ man brings an intelligible vigor to David Putnam’s latest crime novel, The Innocents. Armed with a deep-seated understanding of the human condition, Deputy Johnson catches…

Book of the Day S.T.A.G.S. By M.A. Bennett Delacorte Press$18.99ISBN 978-0525578468Publication Date: January 30, 2018 Buy it here! S.T.A.G.S. Review by Elise Reed S.T.A.G.S. by M.A. Bennett is a fantastic new YA novel. It has everything that a reader could want: An exclusive boarding school in England, the privileged class (the ones you…

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"I decided to pitch [my manuscript] at the Killer Nashville conference in 2011. Deni Deitz from Five Star Publishing was the person who ‘caught my pitch,’ challenged me to let her see the full manuscript, and later decided to publish Millicent’s Tower. Thanks to Deni and Five Star, I am now taking pleasure in sharing my book and my story — plus the excitement of writing another one! Stay tuned!!!” - Rosalyn Rikel, Millicent’s Tower

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"I decided to pitch [my manuscript] at the Killer Nashville conference in 2011. Deni Deitz from Five Star Publishing was the person who ‘caught my pitch,’ challenged me to let her see the full manuscript, and later decided to publish Millicent’s Tower. Thanks to Deni and Five Star, I am now taking pleasure in sharing my book and my story — plus the excitement of writing another one! Stay tuned!!!” - Rosalyn Rikel, Millicent’s Tower

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“Persistence pays off. So does the feedback from the Claymore judges, the agents and editors at Killer Nashville, and the contacts with the other writers. I was delighted whenThe Law of the Splintered Paddle was named the second runner up and even more delighted when, after another revision, Five Star Mysteries offered to publish it." - Mark Troy, The Splintered Paddle

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"Killer Nashville provides authors wonderful opportunities to advance up the literary ladder. I am flattered by the recognition and grateful to Killer Nashville for giving my work a forum." - Steven Cooper, Desert Remains

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Publishers Weekly has named Killer Nashville and its founder Clay Stafford as playing "an essential role in defining which books become bestsellers" throughout "the nation's book culture." (PW 6/10/13)

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"To me, writing success means recognition by a traditional press in the form of a contract to publish a physical book with real pages and an authentic cover. Killer Nashville, Five Star Publishing, and Deni Dietz made all of those things possible for me." - Jessie Bishop Powell, The Marriage at the Rue Morgue

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"Whether you are only thinking about writing, in the middle of eighty-thousand words, or feel you’re ready for publication, Killer Nashville is the event for you.” - David Burnsworth, Southern Heat